Ft. McMurray Canada Readies for a Complete Community Rebuild Ft. McMurray, Alberta, Canada, the Gateway to the Canadian Oil Sands, saw wildfires ripped across an area more than 7X bigger than New York City last month. The inferno was most expensive natural disaster in Alberta’s history. It is now expected to help boost a local […]

Brushfires in South Australia Described as Horrific Catastrophe Last November an emotional South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill described the brushfires burning North of Adelaide as “horrific,” survivors told of traumatic experiences. With two people confirmed dead and 16 hospitalized with injuries, Mr. Weatherill said the situation was “hard to get in touch with”. “It’s an […]

Grim US Jobs Market Signals Looming Recession $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX Recession signals are growing more especially in the US jobs market The NFPs (non-farm payrolls) report last week contained some very worrying data, even as the unemployment rate dropped to a 9 year low of 4.7%. Many thousands of Americans left the work force […]

Ft McMurray Wildfire, Canada’s Most Expensive Natural Disaster The raging wildfire in Alberta Canada will go down as the most expensive natural disaster in Canada’s history, damaging the environment, homes, businesses and the struggling economy in their path. Recently released data suggests that activity in the Canadian Province was firming near the end of Q-1 […]